Poverty ‘risk’ of welfare changes
People risk being forced into destitution by proposed welfare changes in Northern Ireland, the Human Rights Commission said.Sanctions like reducing benefits for some who fail to meet new criteria may...
View Article‘Let’s root out hatred’ says Higgins
Hate-filled sectarianism should be rooted out of society in Ireland, Irish president Michael D Higgins said tonight.The solution lies in courageous individuals being willing to forgive and listen to...
View Article‘Religious bias’ on sports board
More than twice as many Catholics as Protestants have been appointed to the board of Sport Northern Ireland, it was claimed tonight.Jim Allister said the selection proved religious bias by the Sports...
View ArticleMan arrested in murder probe
A 23-year-old man has, been arrested by detectives from PSNI’s Serious Crime Branch in connection with the murder of Danny McKay in Newtownabbey. Mr McKay, 36, was shot dead in his living room in the...
View ArticleServicewoman’s body returns to UK
The tearful family of a Co Down servicewoman killed in Afghanistan stood alongside the loved ones of a Royal Marine as their bodies were repatriated to the UK today.Corporal Channing Day, from Comber,...
View ArticleSuperfast broadband launched across the UK
Belfast will be one of 16 cities acrosss the UK to embrace a new era for mobile phone use by the end of the year with the launch of superfast 4G products and services.EE, formerly known as Everything...
View ArticleNew rules for Child Benefit recipients
Child Benefit claimants earning more than £50,000 and over face a confusing January 2013 when new rules come into place where the taxman will charge these high earners tax to recover the Child Benefit...
View ArticleNorthern Bank posts £71m pre-tax loss
The Northern Bank has posted a pre-tax loss of £71m in the first three quarters of the year.This compares to a loss in the corresponding period in 2011 of £156m.Profit before loan impairment charges...
View ArticleUlster’s ghostly goings-on
From ghostly galloping horse-drawn carriages at Antrim Castle, to rustling silk and eerie knocks at Ballygally Castle, to bumps in the night at the Flax House in Belfast city centre – Co Antrim is our...
View ArticleUS surveys damage after Superstorm Sandy
A NORTHERN Ireland woman has reported her experience of walking through New York in the wake of the superstorm which caused a major disaster in the city.The misery inflicted by Superstorm Sandy...
View ArticleTruth beneath Obama’s flashy rhetoric
SOMEONE shared an article about next week’s US presidential election on Facebook recently. The article, published in the Wall Street Journal, was written by Peggy Noonan, a bestselling American author,...
View ArticlePaper gave Paisley early platform
LORD Bannside recounted yesterday how his memories of the News Letter date back to when he was a young child.“I was about six-years-old when I first saw a copy in our house,” he said after the...
View ArticleAttacked pensioner fears return to home
TWO separate-but-similar raids have been launched on pensioners’ homes in as many days.The latest of them was on Monday night, when police and the ambulance service were called to a rural area near...
View ArticleMinister rapped over board ‘bias’
SINN Fein culture minister Caral Ni Chuilin has been slammed over appointing twice as many Catholic board members than Protestant members to Sport NI.Figures released in response to an Assembly...
View ArticleUlster sisters speak of devastation
TWO Belfast women have told of the destruction in one area of New York state which has left some 2,000 people evacuated to public shelters and 316,000 without power.Roisin McAlea had gone out to visit...
View ArticleInquest hears claims of falsified medical notes
THE family of a man who died in the Royal Victoria Hospital following a road accident believe his medical notes contain false entries, an inquest has heard.Laurence Bradley, from Gortinure Road,...
View ArticleNI woman tells of swaying building
A NEWRY woman who lives in New York has told of her fear as her 36-storey apartment block swayed as Superstorm Sandy hit. Grace Smith, a business analyst who lives in Manhattan, told the News Letter...
View ArticleVIDEO: Blue plaque to honour pioneer of print
WHEN Francis Joy founded the Belfast News Letter 275 years ago, it is unlikely he appreciated the signficance of his creation.This was in the early days of newspapers and new titles typically lasted a...
View ArticleMan held in McCartney murder probe
A 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Robert McCartney seven years ago.The suspect was detained by detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) serious...
View ArticleArrest in connection with Acheson murder
Detectives hunting the killer of a Co Londonderry pensioner today arrested a 39-year-old man.The suspect was detained in the greater Belfast area by officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland...
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